Greencastle To Celebrate Again Old Home Week 1944
Greencastle Pennsylvania plans its fifteenth triennial Old Home Week opening August 5 and running through August 9, 1944. The event shifts to Saturday start to aid servicemen returning home, featuring registrations, a baseball game, band concerts, dances, services, a memorial, hymns, vaudeville shows, a fire department demonstration, elections of officers, field day, and an old-time picnic with talks and dances. War-time restrictions reduce past features such as parades and fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Greencastle-Antrim
Qld
Jerome R. King
Cedar Bill
Burgess Wiliam P. Conrad
Ressene Hose Company
Old Home Week Association
Watch Recovered From Pawn Shop Seizure in Waynesboro
A watch stolen from Mrs. Walter Eyler of Waynesboro was recovered in a local pawn shop. Arnold B. Thompson, 33, of Georgia Avenue, was charged with the theft and turned over to Chief J. H. Dodson for prosecution in Franklin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Eyler
Waynesboro
Arnold B. Thompson
Georgia Avenue
J. H. Dod
Franklin County
Little girl hurt from fall from running board auto
Margaret L. Hice, nine, of Chewsville, was treated at Washington County Hospital Sunday for head injuries after falling from the running board of a car. Her condition was described as fairly good after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Hice
Chewsville
Washington County Hospital
Service News Remembers Local Service Members
Local notes detail soldiers and sailors from Hagerstown and surrounding areas. Paratrooper Robert Reese earns his wings. Phoebe Steffey sails on a hospital ship with the Red Cross. multiple Bowers siblings serve in Alaska China and North Africa. Updates include overseas postings, transfers, promotions, and Purple Heart award for Allen Taylor. Messages from families seek correspondence and provide new addresses where allowed. Weather lore and material notes close the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Steffey
New York
American Red Cross
I. S. Army
Miss Steffey
Red Cross
Camp Lee
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
Washington, D. C
Reduced to Clear Sale Prices for Ladies and Home Items
A historical ad lists discounted prices on ladies blouses skirts gowns and pajamas along with hosiery mens wear children’s knit shirts and bags. Notable items include silk crepe pajamas 4.47 after discount and non rationed shoes 1.47. The sale also features home goods such as rubber sheets and lingerie bags with marked reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klienerts Nursery
Diverse Household Goods And Prices Snapshot
A scanned catalog-like listing features numerous household items with assorted prices. Items include sofa pillows, smoking stands, utility cabinets, rug, Ouija boards, tube repair kits, soap sets, garden polish, paints, metal cleaners, lunch boxes, stove pads, wax, and more. Prices range from fractions of a dollar to several dollars across various product lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuPont Protex
Kalsemine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard's
East
Baltimore Street
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Summit Avenue
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Signal Corps
Army of the United States
Roser R. Sinisen
Hagerstown
Robert E. Reese
Mt. Briar
Co. F
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Robert F. Bowers
Navy
Seabees
Alaska
Roy Bowers
South Street
Richard Bowers
China
Army Air Forces
Preston Bowers
North Africa
Charles E, Sweigert, Jr
Charles F. Sweinert
Keesler Field
Mississippi
Willow Run
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Tfr
Eugene R. Shoap
Jane N. Shoap
South Potomac Street
Camp Breckenridge, Ky
Pfe. T. T
C. L. Stotelmyer
Penny
Funkstown
Charles L. Stotelmyer
Camp Breckinridge, Ky
William M. Millhouse
England
William R. Millhouse
Hast Avenue
Pvt
Allen S. Taylor
France
Roy
Seiler
Sharpsburg
Route 2
Montell B. Burgess
Lillian Bartles
Norway Avenue
Albert H. Bartles, Jr
A. H. Bartles
Clearspring
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sharer
Cearfoss
Cpl
Kenneth Sharer
William F. Kreigh
Ottle Kreigh
Hawaii
Fort Bliss
Texas
F. M. Crosswhite
Mro
J. M. Crosswhite
Pvt. Crosswhite
Oph
Cameron E. Elgin
H. C. Elgin
Wager Street
India
Tfe
Jagerstown High School
Three Feathers Distributors, Inc
N.Y
Ree Feat
Bayon Jersey
Selec
Ward
Veal
Rinso
Ige
Pka
Arthur Dorsey
Cor
Locust & Randolph
Rogers Jewelry Co
the House of Blue White Diamonds
West
Washington St
Aestem Bank Sr
People’s Store
W. Wash. St
Seeyeesens
Montgomery Ward
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